State Election Chief Seeks New Funds For Campaign Finance Website
Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan campaigned on making it easier for people to see how money flows into political campaigns, and she has a plan for a website that will help.
But after spending $494,000 in 2015 and 2016 to create a new campaign finance reporting website that never saw the light of day, her office is now asking the Citizens Clean Election Commission to pay $200,000 of an estimated $462,000 cost to develop a new campaign finance website, plus $50,000 per year in maintenance.
Matt Roberts, a spokesman for the Secretary of State’s office, said the proposal is not a restart of the project, but rather a continuation.
“We would have preferred if it came out in 2016, but we had our hands full with a hectic election cycle,” Roberts said.
He also said that the Secretary of State’s Office always expected to spend roughly $1 million developing the new campaign finance reporting system.
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